The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings is a ranking system for men's and women's national teams in beach volleyball . The teams of the member nations of the FIVB , beach volleyball and volleyball 's world governing body, are ranked based on their competition results with the most successful teams being ranked highest.
The ranking is based on the 8 best results over the last 365 days. They are updated every Monday after an FIVB recognized event.
The rankings are used in international competitions to define the seeded teams and arrange them in pools. Specific procedures for seeding and pooling are established by the FIVB in each competition's formula.
Rankings [ ]
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Men [ ]
Top 20 Rankings as of May 7, 2018 .[1]
Rank
Pair
Points
1
Phil Dalhausser & Nick Lucena
5,220
2
Bartosz Łosiak & Piotr Kantor
5,080
3
Alexander Brouwer & Robert Meeuwsen
4,480
4
Viacheslav Krasilnikov & Nikita Liamin
4,380
5
Paolo Nicolai & Daniele Lupo
4,360
6
Evandro Oliveira & André Stein
4,300
7
Jānis Šmēdiņš & Aleksandrs Samoilovs
4,120
8
Alison Cerutti & Bruno Oscar Schmidt
4,100
9
Pablo Herrera & Adrián Gavira
3,880
10
Clemens Doppler & Alexander Horst
3,796
11
Mārtiņš Pļaviņš &
3,450
12
Michał Bryl & Grzegorz Fijałek
3,240
13
Sam Schachter &
3,120
14
Álvaro Morais Filho &
3,060
14
Anders Mol & Christian Sørum
3,060
16
&
3,000
17
Jake Gibb & Taylor Crabb
2,970
18
Juan Virgen & Lombardo Ontiveros
2,920
19
Pedro Solberg Salgado &
2,860
20
&
2,680
Women [ ]
Top 20 Rankings as of May 7, 2018 .[2]
Rank
Pair
Points
1
Melissa Humana-Paredes & Sarah Pavan
6,080
2
Julia Sude & Chantal Laboureur
4,480
3
Bárbara Seixas & Fernanda Alves
4,400
4
Larissa França & Talita Antunes
4,360
5
Barbora Hermannová & Markéta Sluková
4,220
6
Ágatha Bednarczuk & Eduarda Lisboa
4,160
7
Maria Antonelli & Carolina Solberg Salgado
3,880
8
Kristýna Kolocová & Michala Kvapilová
3,560
8
Brooke Sweat & Summer Ross
3,560
10
Nina Betschart & Tanja Hüberli
3,420
11
Joana Heidrich & Anouk Vergé-Dépré
3,380
12
Mariafe Artacho del Solar & Taliqua Clancy
3,216
13
Heather Bansley & Brandie Wilkerson
3,160
14
&
3,040
15
Kelly Claes & Sara Hughes
2,920
16
Karla Borger & Margareta Kozuch
2,700
17
&
2,680
18
Laura Ludwig & Kira Walkenhorst
2,524
19
&
2,360
20
Svetlana Kholomina &
2,220
See also [ ]
Volleyball portal
Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification for the rankings going into the 2008 Summer Olympics
Notes and references [ ]
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